Summer DWH options

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maple1 said:
That post is almost everything that made me get rid of oil, all at once.

The simple high cost of it to start with, and a quite possible mis-fire when you do need it after periods of non-use. Throw in the periodic maintenance needed, and the potential liabilities with just storing the stuff - I'm some glad those days are over for me.

Even though I think I'd only be looking at no more than $100 in electricity to keep us in electric DHW for the months when I might want to not burn wood for it, it won't take too many hot humid days in a row here this summer to finally push me in the car for the 6 hour drive to Searsport, I don't think.
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I grumbled to my wife as I was writing the check out for the oil guy...."I should have just pulled the oil burner out when I was installing the Wood Gun"
 
$85- aquastat
$25- fittings and pex
$6- 2 cinder blocks

X2 because I have two of the units.. I have been filling a 10ltr. bucket with condensate on one of the units per 24 hours and about half that on the other . Its me , the wife and 2 kids on the one producing the larger amount the other just supplies hot water for my two tenants in the suite hence the lesser amount of condensate . Seems to be no problem for the four of us as long as everyone times their showers appropriately ... nice getting a break from loading the boiler for 5 months or so.;lol. keeping the aquastat set at 130::F
 
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They haven't used cinders as filler in blocks since the end of the coal fired steam locomotive. That's what made them so expensive;lol
 
maple1 said:
Holy crap - those are some expensive cinder blocks.
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Sorry Maple I made a mistake ... I bought $24 worth , I needed a few for some other project.. They are $2.99 a piece at Home Depot here .
 
I finally have some solid data on my DHW costs. I plugged the Geyser into my Kill-A-Watt device when I put the unit into service last month. The meter records elapsed time as well as electric usage. I was pleased to learn that my DHW is costing me 77 cents a day at .15 per KW/HR. I don't believe that price could be beat by charging storage once or twice a week with wood if someone were paying $175 to $200 per cord. The cost for 4 months will run less than $100.00.
 
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